Of constructing brushes for dressing- warps



SAMUEL TAYLOR, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANNER 0F CONSTRUCTING BRUSHES FOR DRESSING WARPS.

l Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,651, dated May 28, 1842.

To all whom 2f may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL TAYLOR, of Lowell,in the county of Middlesex, in the State of Massachusetts, haveinvent-ed a new and useful Improvement in Brushes for Dressing VVarps,of which the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exactspecification.

ln the same I have set forth the nature and principles of myimprovement, by which it may be distinguished from others of likecharacter, together with such parts or combinations thereof as I claimand for which I solicit Letters Patent.

The brushes generally used in dressing machines are formed of bunches ofbristles inserted in holes bored in the block of wood and confinedtherein by wires in the usual manner of nninufacturing articles of thisnature.

As the holes in which the bristles are placed are of necessity bored atsome distance apart fromeach other, a series of breaks or gaps areformedin each line of bristles-so that the threads of the warp are liable tofall into these spaces or gaps instead of passing through the brushes,thus creating an inequality of action ofthe brush uponthe thread, whichis obviated by my improvement, the said improvement being exhibited inthe drawings above mentioned, wherein- Figure l, represents a side view-Fig 2, an end view-Fig. 3, a vertical cross section and Fig. d, ahorizontal sect-ion of a brush constructed according to my new method,the latter ligure being a section taken through the block.

My invention consists in arranging the bristles Y), I), I), Figs. l, 2,3, between strips of wood c, d, e, f, g, 7i, or in parallel grooves a.,a, a, a, a, formed in the block, or bylay ing the said strips side byside, and interposing between their extremities, at each end of thebrush, small pieces i, z', z', z', i, Figs. 2, Il, whose sides arecovered with glue to cause their surfaces in contactwith the strips, toadhere thereto. The upper parts of each side of the strips, inapposition, are chamfered or beveled off as seen at 7c, k, 7c,

&e., Fig. 3, so as to form an inverted trapezoidal groove into which andamong the tops of the bristles pitch or cement is poured, by which thebristles are further secured in their respective positions. Each line orlayer of bristles when placed between the strips should bc saturatedwith a mixture of white lead, or other suit-able paint, and linseed, orother proper, oil, which causes the bristles to cohere and preventstheir displacement by the action of water or the sizing material used indressing the warp. lNhen said strips of wood and layers of bristles arealternately arranged upon each other as exhibited in the drawings theymay be secured together by any suitable number of wires Z, Figs. l, 23proceeding through the block thus formed and having their ends riveteddown upon vashers m, m, or said strips may be confined together in anyother convenient manner. The upper surface of the block formed by thestrips, may be finished by having a strip o, Fig. 3, of veneering laidand glu-ed thereon.

Having thus described my shall claim- Securing the bristles in positionand preventing their displacementby the action of water or otherexternal cause by saturating said bristles when inserted in the blockwith paint or a mixture of white lead or other suitable substance andlinseed or other proper oil, in combination with the mode above setforth of confining their upper ends by cementing them in an invertedtrape- Zoidal groove the whole process being substantially as abovedescribed, so that when a brush for dressing warps has its bristlesarranged and confined as set forth in long grooves or in any mannersimilar thereto, said brush will apply paste or sizing matt-er moreperfectly upon the threads of the warp and be more durable than brushes,as generally constructed as heretofore explained.

lin testimony that the foregoing is a true description of my saidinvention and improvements I have hereto set my signature this fifth dayof May in the year of eighteen hundred and forty-two.

SAMUEL TAYLOR.

invention, I

lVitnesses:

VILLIAM H. KING, ELisI-IA FULLER.

